That's interesting. But the next me wouldn't be a holder yet.
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Why not? Fix that.
I hope that I am born into bitcoin wealth. 🙏
Conclusion: we must set up wallets for babies being born, but also keep our own brainwallets to help the global cycle of balance. Maybe?
Proof of work helps one appreciate the outcomes. The predicament is that we want to help those we love and know, even if they didn't do the work.
None of us have done the work. You can't mine blocks by hand.
Right. In this case, learning and understanding Bitcoin at a deeper level is the work. If mining, paying for energy is the work.
Learning and understanding don't get you any Bitcoin, and nobody with the kind of equipment needed for mining actually pays for all their own energy.
If you don't understand Bitcoin and appreciate its existence (value it as more than something to buy stuff), and you inherit it, it will probably be spent on frivolous things.
Again, unless you instill those values to your offspring.
A conundrum faced throughout history. L
It's like leaving the family business to a selfish kid. Will they run it into the ground? Maybe. Of course, inheritance could be predicated on some sort of outcome, like a college degree or specific age reached, etc. Bitcoiners could devise a test made of questions that only a deep understanding of the protocol could allow the testtaker to achieve a passing grade.